# miúdo
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“I diminish”). Doublet of minuto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [miˈuðʊ]

### Adjective

miúdo (feminine miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas)
* small
    Synonym: pequeno
** 1418, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:
    Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu. Iten pasaros miudos et ouos a coroado.
       Item, thrushes and blackbirds, each one a crown. Item, woodpeckers and magpies and aguanetas [?], four crowns each one. Item, small birds and eggs, one crown.
* smallish
    Synonym: pequeneiro

#### Related terms

* a miúdo
* miudanza
* miudeza
* polo miúdo

### Noun

miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)
* (usually in the plural) child
    Synonyms: meniño, rapaz
* (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal (food)
    Synonym: miudanza

### Adverb

miúdo
* lightly
    Antonyms: forte, gordo
    "Chove forte?" "Chove miúdo!" ― "Is it raining hard?" "No, it rains lightly!"

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “miudo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “miud”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “miudo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “miúdo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “miúdo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /miˈu.du/ [mɪˈu.du], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmju.du/
* (Brazil) IPA: /miˈu.du/ [mɪˈu.du], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmju.du/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /miˈu.do/ [mɪˈu.do], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmju.do/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmju.du/ [ˈmju.ðu]
* Hyphenation: mi‧ú‧do

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese miudo, earlier meudo, earlier mẽudo, from Latin minūtus (“diminished”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“to diminish”). Doublet of menu and minuto.

#### Adjective

miúdo (feminine miúda, masculine plural miúdos, feminine plural miúdas)
* very small
    Synonyms: pequeno, minúsculo, diminuto
    Antonyms: grande, graúdo, crescido

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.

#### Noun

miúdo m (plural miúdos, feminine miúda, feminine plural miúdas)
* (Portugal, Rio Grande do Sul) child
    Synonyms: criança, pequeno, rapaz, piá

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.

#### Noun

miúdo m (plural miúdos)
* (usually in the plural) an internal organ used as offal

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:miúdo.

##### Related terms

* amiudado
* amiudar
* miuçalha
* miudagem
* miudalha
* miudamente
* miudar
* miúdas
* miúde
* miudear
* miudeiro
* miudeza
* miudezas

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

miúdo
* first-person singular present indicative of miudar